Our Practice

Our Practice

Occupational Therapy or OT is not just for adults and their jobs, a pediatric patient’s “job” of playing and learning are just as important to the child. An OT can evaluate a child’s skills for play activities, school performance and activities of daily living.

According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, in addition to dealing with an individual’s physical well being, OT practitioners address psychological, social and environmental factors that may hinder an individual’s functioning in different ways. This unique approach makes OT a vital part of health care for many children.

Sensory Integration (SI) dysfunction refers to the body’s inability to properly take in and use sensory information. A child with an SI dysfunction has difficulty organizing sensory information to carry out everyday tasks, such as dressing, eating, or even playing. Some activities and social situations may be difficult for the children with SI dysfunction. For instance, they may dislike finger painting because they don’t like to get their hands wet or sticky. The child with SI dysfunction may get overwhelmed in large crowds due to the noise level and the number of people around. SI dysfunction can appear in any combination of the following senses: hearing, taste, smell, sight, touch or movement. At some point in our lives, most of us have difficulty processing sensory information; however, when it interferes with our ability to function in our daily lives, it can become a problem.

Improved gross motor skills

Improved fine motor skills

Improved ability to remain organized in a sensory rich environment

Improved ability to tolerate different tactile and auditory input

Improved ability to attend to tasks

Improved ability to follow directions

Feeding Therapy addresses a child’s inability to eat or a child’s adverse reaction to eating with the goal to improve overall nutrition.Our therapists work with children who can’t eat, won’t eat, or are picky eaters.Feeding therapy helps infants and children with a wide array of feeding difficulties.

Improve amount of food intake

Improve a child’s willingness to feed

Increase food selectivity by type and/or texture

Improve oral motor deficits

Lessen food or swallowing phobias

Interactive Metronome is an intensive computer based program used to improve a child’s processing abilities which affects attention, motor planning, sensory processing and sequencing.

Improve independence with self-care activities

Improve performance in sports and leisure activities

Improve attention related to daily function

Improve academic performance and ability to follow directions

Improves self-esteem and social skills

Improve behavior, aggression and impulsivity

Our handwriting clinics address a child’s ability to write by improvement of the following: